Rad Dad Bro,
Yes it was me that liked your post. And it was Bud's birthday that shows up in my calendar I look at every day for work. I trekked over to his page to make a comment.
I moderated this forum for over 5 years and was a moderator when your brother arrived. I remember it well. Bud was very kind and gentle in spite of his very serious condition and probably terminal prognosis. Over the years I developed close friendships with many guys that had a similar type of prognosis. It was to this setting that I posted a Happy Birthday, Bud post here that was met with much worse commenting than Logo has ever done here.
Moderating here was a blessing for me. I never met Bud in person, then one time we planned to was in Washington DC while I was lobbying for prostate cancer awareness and research funding. Bud and I were to hook up for dinner on that trip but he had an issue that got in the way. I believe it was a pretty bad dental issue If I recall. I still have his cell phone number in my phone along with quite a few friends that have departed. I can't really get myself to delete them as they remind me of why I try to press on as a patient advocate in research and awareness. I used to use the monicker TC-LasVegas here but switched to my name this year since most people knew me anyways. I am an easy search on Google with various projects.
When Bud died I was saddened that I never met him in person. We were Facebook friends though so I kept getting glimpses of his very fulfilled life. And many guys here did get to meet him and they tell me stories that touch my heart in the right way.
As a moderator here I feel I did a lot of good things and I also made mistakes. It's not easy being me I always say. But Some guys I've offended, some guys and gals I've loved, and some guys would like to see me stay away from this site. But I learned enough to earn the respect in the industry that allows me to do fulfilling work with the professionals.
Logo erred in a way I've erred here before while moderating. It's way easier than one might think to express a concern for a post that more information is needed to arrive a better understanding. In fact I remember 6 years ago the very first poster I saw talking about
capsaicin was pretty much run off as it sounded a bit off kilter. And I allowed it but I should not have. I mentioned the data is scant and we need better data. It certainly was true in my case. I didn't really understand Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, or CAMS, until I met and became good friends an oncologist from Harvard and Stanford that took the time to explain it to me. It's called Integrative Oncology. Now I fully believe in it. But with the understanding it does not replace conventional treatment it does provide for the improvement in an individuals quality of life and in fact some cases have an oncological affect on cancer.
Here's articles my friend wrote that show how many things, capsaicin included, can improve ones health:
www.integrativeoncology-essentials.com/?s=capsaicinWhether capsaicin can improve the battle against prostate cancer is yet to be determined. Could have helped those we've lost, maybe but also maybe not. But it can help improve quality of life. For me I love peppers and grow them in the yard. So whether it kept my advance disease at bay is not clear but my quality of life is raised every time I eat what I cook with them in it.
May peace be with you, sir. And may peace be with Logo too. We have bigger issues to worry bout here. May peace be with all the guys and families, and their puppy dogs, dealing with this disease that has been ravaging their lives.
God bless...
Tony